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Syrian Arab Football Association

AFC
Short name	SFA
Founded	1936; 88 years ago (1936)
Headquarters	Al-Fayhaa, Damascus, Syria
FIFA affiliation	1937
AFC affiliation	1970
WAFF affiliation	2001 (founding member)
President	Salah Ramadan
Vice-President	Abdulrahman Al-Khatib
Website	sfa.sy

The Syrian Arab Football Association (SFA; Arabic: الاتحاد العربي السوري لكرة القدم) is the governing body of football in Syria, controlling the Syrian national teams, the Syrian Premier League, and other domestic competitions. The SFA was founded in 1936 and has been a member of FIFA since 1937, the Asian Football Confederation since 1970, and the Sub-confederation regional body West Asian Football Federation since 2001. Syria is also part of the Union of Arab Football Associations and has been a member since 1974. Syria's team is commonly known as Nosour Qasioun (Arabic: نسور قاسيون, lit. 'Qasioun eagles').

Affiliation

• FIFA (1937)
• AFC (1970)
• Union of Arab Football Associations (1974)
• WAFF (2001)

Association staff

Name	Position	Source
Salah Ramadan	President
Abdulrahman Al-Khatib	Vice President
Muhammad Al Fakeer	General Secretary
Imad Qasem	Treasurer
Muhannad Al Fakeer	Technical Director
José Lana	Team Coach (Men's)
Salim Jabalawi	Team Coach (Women's)
Mohammad Bachar	Media/Communications Manager
Ahmad Fesal	Futsal Coordinator
Mohammed Kanah	Referee Coordinator

List of presidents

The following is a list of latest presidents of the Syrian Arab Federation for Football.

Management

League system

Tier 1: Syrian Premier League

Tier 2: Syrian League 1st Division

Tier 3: Syrian League 2nd Division

Tier 4: Syrian League 3rd Division

Domestic cup

• Syrian Cup
• Syrian Super Cup

National teams

• Syria universal, under-23, under-20, under-17, women's and women's under-20 national association football teams
• Syria national futsal team
• Syria national beach soccer team

See also

• Syria national football team
• Syria national under-23 football team
• Syria national under-20 football team
• Syria national under-17 football team
• Syria national futsal team
• Syria women's national football team
• List of football stadiums in Syria
• Football in Syria
• Sport in Syria

References

1. Rizvi, Ahmed (20 July 2015). "Football in times of crisis: Syrian game continues on as inspiration, propaganda, shadow". thenationalnews.com. The National News Sport. Archived from the original on 22 May 2021. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
2. ^ FIFA.com. "Member Association - Syria". www.fifa.com. Archived from the original on October 28, 2020. Retrieved 2020-08-20.
3. The A–Z of Asian Football 97–98; 1997 Asian Football Confederation
4. ^ "The AFC.com - The Asian Football Confederation". The AFC. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
5. "Cuper takes over as Syria coach". beIN SPORTS. 2 February 2023. Retrieved 6 February 2023.

External links

• Syrian Football Association on Facebook
• Syrian Football Association on Instagram
• Syrian Football Association on Twitter
• Syrian-Soccer – info portal on Syrian football
• Syria at the FIFA website (archived 5 June 2007)
• Syria at AFC website

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• Football in Syria
• Sports governing bodies in Syria
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• Association football governing bodies in Asia
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• Members of the Union of Arab Football Associations